Alexis

Alexis, a gifted high school school student, wants to become a doctor. Because she comes from a poor family, she will need a scholarship in order to attend college. Some of her classes require students to do extra research research projects in order to to get an "A." Her high school has a few older !s, but there are always long lines of students waiting to use them during during the school day. After  school, she usually wor#s at a part$time job to help support her family. %ne e&ening, Alexis &isits the library of a pri&ate college a few miles from her familys apartment, and she finds plenty of unused !s connected to the 'nternet. 'nternet. She surreptitiously loo#s o&er the shoulder of another student to learn a &alid &alid login(password combination. Alexis returns to the library se&eral times a wee#, and by using its !s and printers she efficiently completes the extra research projects, graduates from high school with straight "As," and gets a full$ride scholarship to attend a prestigious uni&ersity. uni&ersity. Answer all the questions questions below in complete sentences. lease explain or justify your answer. ). *id Alexis Alexis ha&e an unfair ad&antage o&er her high high school classmates+ lease explain your answer. . -ould -ould any of your responses change ch ange if it turns out Alexis did not win a college scholarship+ lease explain your answer. answer. . Are Are there better ways Alexis could ha&e achie&ed her objecti&es+ lease explain your answer. /. -hat additional information, if any, would help you answer the pre&ious questions+ 1. Yes, ethically Alexis did wrong thing by using someone’s authentication information to access the internet for doing her research projects in high school. She used the information without that person’s knowledge. So, she cheated both the college authorities as well as that person. . Alexis is the only one who bene!ted from her course of action unless she decides to use her knowledge to help the poor in the future. ". #o one was hurt by Alexis’ course of action. Although she used the other college’s resources without their permission but she didn’t used those resources to harm anyone physically or emotionally.  $. %echnically Alexis had an unfair ad&antage o&er her high school classmates as she was able to access

). 0es 0es she did ha&e an unfair ad&antage o&er her high school classmates, but on the same to#en each of them are required to find ethical solutions to their own problems.

. 1o, my response would not change regardless of her outcome as a wrong deed does not get washed away by the success or failure. Her action will always be a reminder of her failure to loo# for a more ethical solution 2 her willingness to ta#e unethical shortcut to achie&e her goal. . 0es, she should ha&e begun with approaching her college to find a solution to her problems as the college is primarily responsible for pro&iding adequate resources to all students. She could ha&e founded a group of students from those same lines for the old !s in her college to  brainstorm for a solution. She could ha&e approached the other college she exploited and requested them to let her use the computers etc. She could ha&e bought a used ! or bought one in instalments. 3he possibilities are endless as long as there is willingness to loo# for one. /. Additional info li#e if she had access to a public library, her daily routine timings, if she had some other means of transportation, her 2 her family income etc. -ould ha&e helped